Do voters judge the performance of female and male politicians differently? Experimental evidence from the United States and Australia by de Geus, R, McAndrews, J, Loewen, P, Martin, A

“…Moreover, the results indicate that—when performance information is presented in unframed, factual terms—agentic stereotyping by voters does not, in itself, present a serious obstacle to the re-election of women in powerful executive positions.…”

Why dominant governing political parties are cross-nationally influential by Böhmelt, T, Ezrow, L, Lehrer, R, Schleiter, P, Ward, H

“…Previous research suggests that political parties learn from and emulate the successful election strategies of governing parties in other countries. …”

Voting and peer effects: Experimental evidence from Mozambique by Fafchamps, M, Vaz, A, Vicente, PC

“…Randomized interventions were implemented nationwide during the 2009 Mozambican elections using leaflets, text messaging, and a free newspaper. …”

Credit, blame and leadership stereotypes: are retrospective judgments affected by gender stereotypes? experimental evidence from the United States and Australia by De Geus, R, McAndrews, JR, Loewen, PJ, Martin, A

“…Moreover, the results indicate that—when performance information is presented in unframed, factual terms—agentic stereotyping by voters does not, in itself, present a serious obstacle to the re-election of women in powerful executive positions. …”

Valence attacks harm the electoral performance of the left but not the right by Jung, JH, Tavits, M

“…During election campaigns, parties attack each other’s non-ideological traits such as competence and integrity. …”

Crescent and electoral strength: Islamic party portrait of reform era in Indonesia by Romli, Lili

“…The failure of Islamic parties in election of reform era is caused of factor among Muslims has been change the orientation of political views. …”
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Online media and political participation: the case of Malaysia by Willnat, Lars, Wong, W. Joann, Tamam, Ezhar, Aw, Annette

“…This study is based on a survey of 526 adult Malaysians who were interviewed shortly before the 2008 national election about online media use, levels of political participation, and voting intentions. …”
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Naratif Malaysia melalui perspektif Malik Bennabi by Ab Razak, Ratna Roshida

“…Malaysia, which began to improve after the 14th General Election, was only allowed to last for 22 months. The government of Malaysia is now under a new administration known as the National Alliance. …”

MY SAY: Soft power leadership by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…More so globally, what with a phenomenon called "Bush fatigue" which has set in, given the impending 2008 US presidential election on Nov 4. After all, for almost eight years now, the current US president George Bush has fallen short of global expectations, and in meeting world standards. …”
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(Japanese language version)The politics of Bangsa Malaysia: Nation-building in a multiethnic society by Ishak, Mohamed Mustafa

“…Whilst the country has been able to sustain a relatively stable politics since the 1969 tragedy, and hence generate a rapid economic development (at least until the 1997 Asian economic crisis and later in the post 2008 General Election), the project of nation-building remains a basic national agenda yet to be fully resolved.The book explores the delicate process of nation-building in Malaysia in the post 1970s, especially in the context of the vision constructing the Bangsa Malaysia or ‘a united Malaysian nation’ enshrined in Mahathir’s Vision 2020 project which was introduced in 1991.It discusses the underlying socio-political parameters that shape and influence the politics of nation-building in the country and the construction of Bangsa Malaysia.As such, the book provides an alternative perspective in the analysis of ethnic relations and nation-building in Malaysia, thus broadens the understanding of Malaysian politics and society.…”

Malaysia's governance reforms under PM Najib Razak by Haryono, Endi, Khalil, Samihah

“…In response to new socio-political conditions in Malaysia following the general election, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak launched a reform that brought fundamental changes in the economy and governance in Malaysia. …”
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Factorising formation and membership of political parties in the politics of Nigeria Fourth Republic 1999-2019 by Lawal, Salahu Mohammed

“…In most politics of the world, political parties are formed purposely to contest, win election and form government. But success of political parties in Africa and Nigeria depends on calibre of leadership, perception of reason for formation among others. …”
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Essays in financial economics by Meeuwis, Maarten.

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L'Homme dissonant au XVIIIe siècle by Jacot-Grapa, C

“…<br/><br/> Remerciements<br/> Introduction<br/> Première partie – Concordia discors I Les idiotismes: principes d’individuation<br/> II La dissonance: problèmes esthétiques et politiques<br/> III Paria: exclusion/ élection<br/> Seconde partie – Discordia concors<br/> IV La nature dans sa crise<br/> V Rites de passage <br/> VI La différence travestie<br/> Conclusion<br/> Liste des ouvrages cités<br/> Index<br/>…”

Growing cleavages in India? Evidence from the changing structure of electorates, 1962–2014 by Banerjee, Abhijit, Gethin, Amory, Piketty, Thomas

“…This paper combines surveys, election results and social spending data to document a long-run evolution of political cleavages in India. …”
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Lobbying as a hedge on political risk : when size matters by Jaffard, Pierre(Pierre Jacques)

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Cycles of Fire? Politics and Forest Burning in Indonesia by Balboni, Clare, Burgess, Robin, Heil, Anton, Old, Jonathan, Olken, Benjamin A

“…Ignitions and area burned decline during election years but steeply increase in the year after. …”
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Transformational Leadership And American Foreign Policy: A Preliminary Analysis by Nye, Joseph S., Jr.

“…As Henry Kissinger put it when he was Secretary of State, “the essential outlines of U.S. policy will remain the same no matter who wins the U.S. Presidential election” (Wittkopf, 2003, 524). Yet sometimes, “reality” is more malleable than it first appears. …”
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Are Americans Confident Their Ballots Are Counted? by Alvarez, R. Michael, Hall, Thad E., Llewellyn, Morgan

“…In this paper, we present results from three national surveys in which we asked voters the confidence they have that their vote for president in the 2000 or 2004 election was recorded as intended. We examine voter responses using both descriptive and multivariate analyses to determine the overall level of voter confidence and then analyze the characteristics which influence the likelihood a voter is confident in their ballot being recorded accurately. …”
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Practical Provably Correct Voter Privacy Protecting End-to-End Voting Employing Multiparty Computations and Split Value Representations of Votes by Rivest, Ronald L., Rabin, Michael O.

“…Speed of vote-­‐tallying and correctness proving: elections involving a million voters can be tallied and proof of correctness of results posted within a few minutes.…”
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